hearとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English heren, from 古期英語 hīeran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /hɪə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪɚ/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /hjɜː/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: here, hir

動詞

hear (三人称単数 現在形 hears, 現在分詞 hearing, 過去形および過去分詞形 heard)

1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]

   I was deaf, and now I can hear.

2. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, または something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]

   I heard a sound from outside the window.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.

3. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to. [from 10th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John X:

     Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:

     It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). [from 10th c.]

   Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.

5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank […]

6. (with from) To be contacted by.
   • 2009, Elsa T. Aguries, The Pearl Within, →ISBN, page 141:

     When I don't hear from you, My days feel long and lonely.

   • 2012, Art Wiederhold & Charles Sutphen, From the Depths of Evil, →ISBN, page 343:

     They're ten hours overdue. Have you heard from any of them since they left Nineveh?

   • 2012, James Meredith, A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America, →ISBN:

     She left and I never heard from her again.

7. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. [from 12th c.]

   Your case will be heard at the end of the month.

8. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

   You're tired of all the ads on TV? I hear ya.

使用する際の注意点

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

派生語

参考

• audible
• deaf
• listen

参照

• hear in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hear in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, hera, rhea